What are some good snowboarding tricks?

What Tricks Should I Start Working on in snowboarding?

• I started snowboarding at the end of last year. I am intermediate to advanced at WAKEBOARDING so I started to 180's, Backside 180's already. What now should I be working on ...show more

• Answer:

  Well.. first off you need to know I have been snowboarding for about 23 years. Yeah I know its a long time. Although wake boarding and snowboarding are similar, they are still different. I know that you see alot on TV and you get really hyped up to get there to. the first and biggest mistakes of new snowboarders is to start learning tricks. My advice is for you to start perfecting the basics. Really learn to ride your board in any condition on any terrain. Do not limit yourself to just one area. Too many kids head straight to the park the first day hoping to hit a rail or box. What you need to do is start feeling comfortable riding at speed and not just comfortable but also in control. When you master the board, you can then start introducing ticks. You cannot possibly ride a half pipe at speed doing airs unless you know how to ride that board like you have been on it all your life. Start with learning to ollie off your toe edge and also heel edge. Learn to ride fakie or switch. Just practice doing straight airs. Start learning grabs while doing straight airs. This will prepare you for being comfortable doing bigger tricks. Then you are ready to move on. If you really want to get good at snowboarding, then you need to start small and perfect the small and work your way up. I am good friends with Andy Finch, Olmpic Team Rider, and people dont know that he started his career doing boarder cross. He was first and foremost an all mountain rider that transferred over to the pipe. He will always be a all mountain rider at heart. Start slow.. work your way up. s